Bordering On Myth: Controlled Substances And The Canadian Border

By David Mayers

There is a common misconception that controlled substances won’t be allowed to cross the Canadian border, thus preventing some pharmaceutical products from being produced by Canadian contract manufacturing facilities. We need to move past this fallacy. There are many proven ways to manufacture controlled substances in Canada, provided the products are in compliance with import/export regulations in their home nation. Even if the substance is banned in Canada, Canadian regulators permit such commerce to proceed with minimal bureaucracy and legal red tape.